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7 of the best things to see and do in Portland, Oregon

If you ever saw the comedy series Portlandia, which ran from 2011 to 2018, you know this city of 653,000 (metro area 2.1 million) is bike-friendly and full of food carts/trucks, indie bookstores, farm-to-table restaurants, an embarrassing number of coffee shops - and has a certain quirkiness to it (a popular local slogan goes: "Keep Portland Weird"). Most of these characterizations are pretty accurate. However, it's also a city that boasts more than 150 parks, including the largest forested…

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Palm Beach, Florida and Mar-a-Lago, the USA´s current “presidential palace”

Wellesenterprises/Dreamstime.com I visited the President of the United States at Mar-a-Lago – well, sort of. I could have been driving along any street, anywhere in the non-desert United States. The sun was shining, traffic was light, and there was no indication that I was passing through anything other than an ordinary neighborhood. Suddenly everything changed. Police cars were everywhere: Slowly patrolling the streets, parked along the sidewalks and driving into and out of a gated community.…

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5 Revolutionary road trips to mark the USA´s 250th anniversary

Chensiyuan Like many kids in the United States, while growing up my parents would each summer pack us into the car and set off on a family road trip of varying lengths. Usually they were (more or less) fun, and it certainly instroduced me to new experiences as well as learning a lot about my country. And as this summer´s road trip season, it also dovetails with the USA´s observance of its 250th birthday, culminating on July 4th, which marks the date of the signing of the Declaration of…

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5 of Maine´s top ski/winter resorts

Camden Snow Bowl The USA´s northeasternmost state punches well above its weight for skiing and snowboarding: a diverse array of terrain; get legit vertical; reliable snowmaking; and a mix of big-resort convenience and small-town charm—often without those darn crowds. And there are nearly 20 alpine skiing/snowboarding areas (even more if you count small hills, crosscountry ski centers, and non-lift areas). Here are five standouts...read post

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Barbara Necker May 24, 2026 at 3:43pm

Travel devotes three spots on its top destinations for this year to the U.S. - Philadelphia for its key role in the country´s 250th anniversary, Santa Monica as the endpoint of Route 66, whose centenary is also being marked this year, and various 250th celebrations with a maritime flair, such as Sail250 in New Orleans and others in New York City, Baltimore, and Norfolk, Virginia https://edition.cnn.com/travel/where-to-travel-in-2026-the-best-pla...

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/where-to-travel-in-2026-the-best-places-to-visit?cid=ios_app
David Paul Appell May 17, 2026 at 11:41am

I´ve been to 14 of these 25, and I wouldn´t call them "total scams," but yeah, for the most part overhyped and for various reasons disappointing https://backend.travelbinger.com/25-american-tourist-spots-that-are...

25 American Tourist Spots That Are Total Scams

Every year, millions of travelers save up, plan meticulously, and fly or drive across the country to visit America's most iconic destinations. They a…
Paul Varmuza April 18, 2026 at 4:12pm

Fifteen months into the shitshow that is the current authoritarian yet simultanously incompetent regime in the USA, the numbers are telling the story about its calamitous effect on tourism as well: https://fortune.com/2026/04/17/international-tourism-to-us-fell-las...

Tourism had a record-breaking 2025 everywhere but the U.S., report finds, as international visitor…

International visits to the U.S. fell 5.5% last year, amounting to billions in lost economic output.
José Balido March 9, 2026 at 1:49pm

Well, this sure knocks a lot of biggies down a peg or three. And having been to a few of them, this writer definitely has a point. https://travelbinger.com/the-no-go-list-20-us-destinations-traveler...

https://travelbinger.com/the-no-go-list-20-us-destinations-travelers-say-are-a-total-waste-of-time
Max Pesling March 7, 2026 at 2:23pm

Not surprisingly, when it comes to travel in the U.S., CNN Travel´s list of top destinations this year puts the 250th anniversary and the centenary of Route 66 front and center - in the latter case, especially focusing on Santa Monica/Los Angeles, the endpoint of the "Mother Road": https://edition.cnn.com/travel/where-to-travel-in-2026-the-best-pla...

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/where-to-travel-in-2026-the-best-places-to-visit?cid=ios_app
Wendy Capra February 1, 2026 at 5:21pm

Lots of exciting art doings in U.S. museums this year, it seems! Obviously I won´t get to most of them but the one they mention in Seattle for sure, and all the cool stuff in New York City has me musing about a trip there, it´s been too long. I´d need to take out a second mortgage, the way prices are there, but hey... https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/06/us-art-exhibit...

The most exciting US art exhibitions in 2026

The next 12 months promise blockbuster surveys of noted greats and introductions to intriguing lesser-known artists
Max Pesling January 8, 2026 at 4:04pm

Besides the USA´s 250th anniversary, another big one this year is the fabled Route 66 which ran from Illinois to California from 1926 to 1985. And Afar magazine has this to offer: https://www.afar.com/magazine/route-66-road-trips-things-to-do-and-...
Maria de los Angeles December 20, 2025 at 9:28am

Usually "medical tourists" come from places like the U.S. and go elsewhere for cheaper but good-quality care and procedures, but this is a depressing reverse twist: rich medical tourists coming to the States for organ transplants - and being allowed to jump ahead of U.S. residents because they´re so lucrative for hospitals. Outrageous but of course hardly surprising, given this country´s relentless push for profits before people https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/organ-transplants-internation...
Maria de los Angeles December 6, 2025 at 3:59pm

Well, the current U.S. régime (well, more specifically the evil clown at its top) continues to cost U.S. tourism big, as millions of potential visitors (especially Canadiana and Chinese) continue to cancel travel. This article is from several weeks ago but the trends it describes continue: https://skift.com/2025/11/12/canadians-cut-u-s-trips-as-travel-to-c...

Canadians Cut U.S. Trips as Travel to Canada Surges

Canadians are still skipping trips to the U.S. in large numbers, according to data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.
Ed Wetschler December 5, 2025 at 10:15pm

There are more than a few of the "usual suspects" on this list, but some lesser known destinations get their due as well - and there even several downright surprises: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/best-places-to-go-in-the-us-in-2026

The Best Places to Go in the US in 2026

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